#god. do i need to preorder so i can get Gerald's Loredump Diary

[fernsnailz]

@thefantastician i caught up on everything and I HAVE THOUGHTS HEHE.... i watched the summer game fest trailer and these two levels gamescage played and man. shit looks fun as hell

in terms of gameplay i like what i've seen so far! i especially like what they're doing with the chaos control ability - i'm glad that chaos control is more based around skill rather than power or speed, and the fact that shadow essentially has a time-freezing ability in the game about time travel fits pretty well thematically lol. i do wish they would give him at least one gun but i know it's not gonna happen :(

i'm excited to see what the other levels bring, especially since it seems like they're combining a number of different areas/time periods in a few longer levels. i definitely prefer the quality over quantity approach, but i do see an evil timeline where there's only like. three levels total. and if that happens i will die laughing lmfao

oh and also the artstyle!! i fuckin ADORE the kaleidoscopic and dream-like direction they took the second half of the space colony ark level, i really hope it gets wackier and weirder beyond that point. and i was surprisingly impressed by some of the character animation as well! doom's eye looks FANTASTIC and i love that he swims around like a little freak. shadow's animation is also incredibly fluid, i love the moments where he stumbles or slides into his next movements - it adds a more personal level of intensity i feel like is sometimes missing from sonic games. the facial animation is still really stiff though. shadow's only two expressions are >:| and >:o

and after finally seeing the wings and the preorder bonuses, i have. some sort of theory. i don't really have enough evidence yet to put anything into words and it's very likely that i'm onto absolutely nothing here BUT. i sense a few possible connections:

OH WAIT ONE LAST THING. WHY HAVE I SEEN NO ONE TALKING ABOUT THE TERIOS SKIN. THIS WAS THE ONLY THING ON THE SONIC X SHADOW SITE THAT MADE ME AUDIBLY GASP

in conclusion. i love how crazy all of this is and i hope shit gets even wilder and weirder

i go somewhat offline for a week and they give shadow the hedgehog wings in my absence . sega hates me specifically